Answer to "Acquires" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GETS , but the solution may also be GAINS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).

Acquires crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
GETS33 %4
GAINS23 %5
EARNS15 %5
HAS8 %3
NETS5 %4
BUYS3 %4
OBTAINS3 %7
GARNERS2 %7
WINS2 %4
BAGS2 %4
DERIVES2 %7
ATTAINS2 %7

Why may GAINS be the right solution?

The word "acquires" means to obtain or gain something. "Gains" is a synonym of "acquires," making it the correct answer to the crossword clue.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Acquires

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • take on
  • get
  • develop
  • produce
  • take
  • grow
  • assume
  • adopt
  • accrues
  • acquisition
  • acquisitions
  • assumes

Crossword Answer definitions

GETS noun
  1. Offspring.
  2. Lineage.
  3. A difficult return or block of a shot.
  4. Something gained; an acquisition.
GETS verb
  1. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
  2. To receive.
  3. (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
  4. To fetch, bring, take.
  5. To become, or cause oneself to become.
  6. To cause to become; to bring about.
  7. To cause to do.
  8. To cause to come or go or move.
  9. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
  10. (with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
  11. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
  12. To begin (doing something or to do something).
  13. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
  14. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
  15. (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
  16. To understand. (compare get it)
  17. To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
  18. To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
  19. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
  20. To catch out, trick successfully.
  21. To perplex, stump.
  22. To find as an answer.
  23. To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  24. To hear completely; catch.
  25. To getter.
  26. To beget (of a father).
  27. To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  28. Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
  29. To go, to leave; to scram.
  30. To kill.
  31. To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  32. To measure.
GETS noun
  1. A git.

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